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Unread 09-23-2011, 10:52 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by John Mazza View Post
Typically, the left barrel has a tighter choke (if there's a difference at all). That method would fire a tight pattern at the game first (when it's closer to you), and then send an open pattern out to meet the missed bird at a longer range.



I'm fortunate to own a petite German drilling (16 x 16 over 9.3x72R) that has hammers that I can actually cock simultanously.
Talk about petite, I sold a cute little Krieghoff hammer sidelock 28x28x25WCF at the Vintagers a few years back. The rifle firing pin was fired by the left hammer, through and interrupter block on a lever.
Being a southpaw, all the rules go out the window, but I use the right barrel for the close-in shots, and use the left for the miss (more often than not on our partridge)
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